Toy.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALTER S. HEND'QREN, 0F NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTHT0 CHAgtR/LES A.. KNIGHT, OF NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY,

TOY.

959,009. specicaaon of Leners Patent. Paten-md May 24, 1910,

' Applicationyled February 4, 1910. Serial No. 542,014.

To all whom it may concern: arranged in a staggered relation, as shown.55 Be it known that l, WALTER S. HENDREN, The supports l are providedwith disks or a citizen of the United States of America, other such equir'alent means 14 which are residing at Nicholasville, in the county of!disposed in the path of movement :of the Jessamine and State o1Kentucky, have intappers.

vented new and useful Ylinprovements in In operation of the toy, it willbe under- 6o Toys, ot' which the following is a speciticzn stood thatwhen the shaft 10 is rotated the tion. rappers 13 will engage the disks14 to im- This invention relates to tovvs, and particpart to thesupports sliding or reeiprocatory ularly to ligure toys and to a classwherein movement causing the feet of the figures means arecinployed forimparting move- Ashown to be moved with sufficientforce 65 ment to thefigures and 'to cause them t0 f against the platform 2 to break thejoints dance upon a platform, and the object otl and to vibrate thcfigures sutciently to imthe invention resides particularly in thearpsu-t thereto the desired dancing motion.

15 rangement ot' movable supports on which the The to)Y is extremelysimple in construefigures are mounted` and means tor actuattion and ma)vbe manufactured at a rela- 70 ing the said supports. tivcliv low costand it is capable of furnishln the drawing. forming a portion ot' thising' to a child an unlimited amount of amusespecitication and in whichlike numerals otl i ment. The bod)y portions of the figures arereference indicate similar parts in the seveach formed with a series ot'adjusting openeral views :----l1`igure l is a detail perspective l ings,each being ot a ditlerent depth and arf 75 view of my improved toy. Fig.2 is a verti- 'ranged to receive its sliding support so as caltransverse section through the sa1ne,.i parts being shown in elevation.Fig'. 3 is a l detail horizontal section taken on the line understoodthat when the support is in the ri-3 ot Fig. 2. f deepest passage thefeet of the ligure will be 80 My improved toy consists preferably of l,closel)v associated with the platform or in l l l l to regulate theadjustment of the ligure toward or awa)v from the platform, 1t being a,rectangular receptacle 1 which is provided other words moved nearerthereto than when in the present instance with a cover or clothe supportis positioned in the other pas- 3o sure which forms a platform 2 for apurpose sage. This construction is such that a to be hereinafterdescribed. The receptacle change oi step ot' the ligure can be had at 85has mounted therein transversely disposed l the will ot' the operator. lguide members E iu which are formed vertilV claim i cal passages t'orreceiving portions of ver-` A tn v comprising a platform, a figuretit-ally disposed sliding supports 4. These i located above the platformand having its supports` extend through passages 5 in the l bod vportion formed to provide vertical pas- 90 platform 2 and as shown,theiv have mounted sages ot ditl'erent lengths. a vertical suptherconfigures t3 which are provided pretcrport slidable through the, platformand havablv with Ijointed legs 7 which are pilvotallv ing its upperextremity interchangeably eu- 40 connected to the bod v portions S.These i gaged iu the said passages, ahorizont'al disk figures are alsoprovided with arms Sl which i carried b v said support. a revolublivmounted 95 are pivoted to the said main bod)v portions l shaft beneaththe platform, and radial pins as shown. l extending' trom the shaft andadapted upon 'lhe constructhm ot' the to v thus it'ar dcl rotation otthe said shaft to engage. the disk scribed is such that the t'eet oi thefigures l to impart vertical reciproeatoiv motion to normallyv rest uponthe platform l otl the l the said support and to impart dancedike 100receptacle. M movements tothe ligure .i longitudinally extending shaftl0 is ln 4testimoniv whereof l allix my signature, mounted in the.receptacle and has its endsl i in presence oi two witnesses.

suitably journaled in the end walls lllr` one ,ALTER' S. HENDREN- end ofthe shatt being provided prcterabl Y i with an operal ingl handloorcrank l2. This lVitnesses shaft, at. points opposite the supports l isir. Mclrxjn, provided with tappers or plus l which are WILL W..ltonnn'rs

